My real story begins in the spring of 2001 when I purchased a used motorcycle from a friend. When riding that new motorcycle home, mechanical problems with the bike caused an accident on HWY 17, resulting in a shattered shoulder. With surgery, I had to have the ball in my left shoulder replaced and faced many months of recovery. So here I was with a broken motorcycle, broken shoulder, limited mobility and dampened spirits.
I could have given in to self pity or cursed to gods for making me a victim or looked for someone to blame -
I could have, but I didn’t
After the surgery, the pain was persistent and overwhelming. I still had a job I went to everyday, and working while in so much pain was impossible, but pain medication also prevented me from doing my job. I was in a classic Catch-22 scenario. I had to find a way to manage the pain without medication so that I could go to work, and just enjoy my life!
All of my adult life, I have had an interest in the power of the mind, hypnosis, and the power of the mind to heal and overcome obstacles in life. And now I had the perfect opportunity to see first hand using the power of my mind to control pain and heal my shoulder. I began to study self-hypnosis and visualization techniques. With persistent practice, I was soon able to achieve a good trance and disassociate myself from the pain. I used visualization to speed up the recovery process. I was a model patient for the physical therapists surprising them in my dedication and motivation achieve a complete recovery. Within a year, I was completely recovered. If it is to be!..It is up to me!
But this story has only just begun….In February of 2006, I began a new job as a DSL tech for Sprint. Only two weeks after beginning my job, I fell 16 feet from a telephone pole, breaking both arms, left wrist, right elbow and shoulder. This trauma required a total of five surgeries. I should have died, but the accident actually saved my life…..they performed cat scans to check for other internal injuries and discovered a tumor in my kidney. They performed a sixth surgery to remove the entire kidney eliminating the need for chemo or radiation on the tumor. So in the end, falling from a telephone pole saved me from dying of cancer.
As soon as I left the hospital, I began managing my pain with self-hyonosis and used visualizations to heal my entire body. Once again, my recovery was amazing. I have gained 97% use of my right arm and 100% use of my left wrist, astounding my physical therapists and doctors.
These experience led me to learn as much as I could about what I had achieved, ultimately discovering Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Milton Erickson, and other greats in the field of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. In August of 2006 I traveled to California to study with Lightwork Seminars International and earned my certifications as a Licensed NLP practitioner, and a Master NLP practitioner, Certified Hypnotherapist, Advanced Hypnotherapy and Past Life Regression. I have spent the last two years attending seminars and organizing programs, perfecting my skills and am now very excited to offer my services to my community.
As I was putting together the info on my seminar I was thinking about how to validate the theme, “pathways to wellness.”
I looked around my office and saw all the beautiful art work of pathways through beautiful landsapes and I was struck by the idea of the Appalachian Trail. Perfect.
What better way to validate my main focus in the seminar of: Set your intention, power it with belief without doubt, and commit to a time frame and You can accomplish any thing you want to.
ANYTHING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION!
Then all the question started up: How can you take off for 6 or 7 months? Where will you get all the equipment you need? You are fat and out of shape you have just recovered from two life changing accidents, are you crazy?
SET YOUR INTENTION
BELIEVE WITHOUT DOUBT
COMMIT TO A TIME FRAME
IF YOU ARE GOING TO TALK THE TALK YOU MUST WALK THE WALK!!!!
NOW I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE SOOOOOOOOOO!
I made the commitment and suddenly my mind was clear, all of the questions that popped up were automatically answered and the plan came together. After making the commitment, my mind shifted into another mode or state. I had a feeling of calmness ,clarity and confidence and the plan just flowed from my mind. A perfect plan, everything fit together so well. Ahhhhhh…but now I had to sell it to my wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
